Comments on: The delights of a minimalistic life https://www.projectbluesphere.com/2012/06/29/the-delights-of-a-minimalist-life/ Land and Sea Mon, 23 Feb 2015 16:36:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Carla https://www.projectbluesphere.com/2012/06/29/the-delights-of-a-minimalist-life/#comment-5101 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:31:41 +0000 #comment-5101 Hi there Jim! Lovely to hear you’re taking the first steps!! It’s so exciting, isn’t it? To realize you’re immersed in a life that is not right for you, to finally wake up and say “what am I waiting for? When am I going to start living MY life, they way I dream it?” Nobody is ever going to do it for you. Like Alex says, freedom is something you take and work for, but it’s out there, it really is and it’s not such a big deal. It’s just a matter of being committed!

Alex says you guys should buy or build a proper sailing dinghy that you will later use on your boat and learn the basics of how to sail in it. I don’t know much about sailing so he told me the same thing, that now that we have a hard dinghy I can learn the basic dynamics of wind, sails, currents… It’s really the same thing on a smaller scale I think.

So good you can keep the boat so close to where you live as well! You’ll be able to go work on it or just visit and have a glass of wine on your future home whenever you wish! There’s something so magical about living on water, it’s just beautiful.

I’m so happy for you guys!! And I also hope we get to meet up when your dream is a reality! It’s really up to you, push, work hard, do what it takes, it doesn’t matter if it takes some time as long as you’re giving your 100% the universe will take care of everything else : )

Keep in touch, Jim. Let us know how things are going! Take care and congrats!!

C.

]]> By: Gossamer https://www.projectbluesphere.com/2012/06/29/the-delights-of-a-minimalist-life/#comment-5100 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:07:21 +0000 #comment-5100 Hello there Carla, please tell Alex, that he has been such an inspiration to me, and that I really hope to meet you guys one day. Can’t wait for the new movie!
I am in the process of buying a 35 ft Ta Chiao ketch for five thousand dollars. It is a great boat but needs a little work. Mostly just the decks ( teak decks need pulled up and new plywood and glass). Everything else is painting and systems. I am a very handy guy and will do all of the work myself. I live 10 minutes from where she will be docked and am planning on 5 years or less to get her ready to sail “out of here”. Here’s the funny thing…I have never sailed before. I am reading, and I have some friends that will teach me and we plan on taking some courses. Everyone thinks I’m a bit crazy but I know my capabilities and I believe in our dream so, it will come to pass. I live on Lake Erie in Ohio and most tell me that this is a good place to learn because it is a shallow lake and it will teach me in rough weather.
Anyway, if you guys are around in 5 years when we sail down to the Caribbean, we will find you and share a few drinks, stories and laughs. I have been looking for a minimalistic lifestyle that was attainable and Alex has shown me the way that suits us best, and I will forever be grateful to him for that.
Your friend, Jim

]]> By: Carla https://www.projectbluesphere.com/2012/06/29/the-delights-of-a-minimalist-life/#comment-5099 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 02:50:00 +0000 #comment-5099 Exactly! I felt the same way when I had to pay my rent and bills and groceries were getting more and more expensive and my salary stayed the same. I felt a prisoner, I could either work more hours or cut down on more and more things to keep up. I never used banks or loans but I can only imagine how much worse it gets! You get paid and most of it goes right away. You work all day just to pay things off instead of enjoying your time (which is so little!) the system’s truly evil. It’s true, what you say, life gets a lot easier when you live on less. I really hope you and your family find a simpler way of life that suits you and makes you happy. Once you’re aware of what you want to change, doors start opening ; )

]]> By: piratessoul https://www.projectbluesphere.com/2012/06/29/the-delights-of-a-minimalist-life/#comment-5098 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 02:22:45 +0000 #comment-5098 I love your insight! I am so tired of spinning the wheel, like a gerbil! I don’t need ‘stuff’ to be happy. The ‘weight’ you spoke of is a huge reality for me in the form of mortgage interest, car and home insurance (all forced), phone bills, water bills, ever increasing groceries and gas, etc.

I make more money now, than I ever have and I have less freedom. What the %$#& is up with that!!! No matter that I work 55+ hours a week(away from my family), I am far less happy than when I first got married and didn’t even have a job! I feel like it’s getting close to decision time, ready or not.

I am going to do my best to join You and Alex, very soon. If I can pull the funds together, I’ll bail on this job and set up a charter. I’ll pay the piper when I get back.

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